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Investments in more administrative municipalities for Finnish and Meänkieli and Sami

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The Government proposes in the Budget Bill for 2018 that new municipalities join the administrative areas for the national minority languages of Sami, Finnish and Meänkieli. To fund this, the appropriation will be increased by SEK 16 million in 2018 and by SEK 20 million per year from 2019.
The Budget Bill for 2018 is based on an agreement between the government parties and the Left Party.

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